FX-1102 · Immersive DisplaysCRESCENDOOpening Ceremony ProductionsShow-calling, screens, lasers and music engineered into one opening moment.
PENDULUM
Kinetic Ceiling
Programmable tubes and spheres that turn the ceiling into slow-motion sculpture.
Read the narration
Pendulum is a ceiling that moves. Hundreds of lit spheres rise and fall in waves, choreographed to music and to the crowd below.
What it is
Winch-driven light elements move in choreographed patterns, cue-synced with content and audio.
What visitors do
- Lights dim
- Countdown
- Trigger moment
- Reveal
- Applause and photo
Why it is useful
A ceiling that breathes with the show.
- Create a ceremony moment
- Draw a crowd
How it responds
- LED
- Lighting
- Audio
- Lasers
- Effects
Interactive 3D experience
See it working, in five steps
Idle, input, recognition, response and result. Play the sequence, or drag to look around.
Open the interactive 3D experience to turn the model, zoom in and play the five-step sequence.
Key features
- Precision winch grid
- Wave motion engine
- Show-cue sync
- Operator console
- Physical trigger props
Hardware and software
- Show controller
- Main + backup media servers
- Lighting console
- Timecoded cue stack
- OSC/Art-Net/MIDI routing
Customisation
- Your brand, colours, logo and copy throughout
- Content in English and Arabic
- Size and layout planned for your stand or venue
- Rules, timings and prizes set to suit your audience
- Optional lead capture with the visitor's consent, sent to your team
Technical specification
Signal path
Step 1Trigger
Step 2Show controller
Step 3CUE(n)
Step 4Timecode distribution
Step 5All departments
Hardware on site
- Show controller
- Main + backup media servers
- Lighting console
- Audio
- Trigger props
- Independent E-stop
Software
- Timecoded cue stack
- OSC/Art-Net/MIDI routing
- Rehearsal mode
Data it can capture
- Anonymous session id
- Interaction events
- Optional consented lead (name, company, email)
Personal data only with the visitor's consent, stored and handled as agreed with you.
If something fails
Trigger failsOperator manual GO
Media server failBackup server on same timecode
Safety eventE-stop overrides all cues
Components are matched to your venue, power, data and floor plan. Install, testing and on-site support by the FAIM team.
Accessibility
- Interaction points set between 0.9 m and 1.2 m where the product allows, with clear floor space for a wheelchair user
- Every spoken or audio cue has an on-screen equivalent
- High-contrast on-screen text and generous touch targets
- A staff-assisted mode for visitors who prefer not to interact directly
Who it suits
- Government and authorities
- Event organisers and agencies
- Brands and retail
Where it works
- Exhibition halls and pavilions
- Launches and ceremonies
- Malls and public spaces
Related technologies
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